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JOSEPH FRIEDBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BREASTPIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,356, dated June 13,1893.

Application filed November 22, 1892. Serial No. 452,845. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FRIEDBERGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Breastpins, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, which will enableothers skilled in the art to construct the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a central, longitudinalsection of my improved breast-pin, showing parts assembled. Fig. 2 is adetailed View showing form of pin employed. Fig. 3 is a detailedsectional view of hollow annular studslwhieh project from the back ofthe body of the breast-pin. Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view showingconstruction of caps fixed upon the said hollow studs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

This invention relates to that class of devices commonly calledbreast-pins, the same being utilized by .women for the purposes ofadornment and to secure the dress at the throat. Its object is toprovide a breast-pin which will obviate all liabilityto removal from thedress, save at the option of the wearer; and to this end I employcertain parts which will now be fullyand specifically referred to.

Having reference to the accompanying drawings, the letter A representsthe bodyof my improved breast-pin, which may be given any desired formor configuration.

The letters B, B, denote hollow, annular studs projecting from the backof the said body, the said studs being located one at either end of saidbody.

The letters 0, 0, denote spiral springs, one inserted within each ofsaid studs.

The letters D, D, denote caps, one fixed upon each of said studs; andthe letters E, E, denote pins, one adapted to be moved longitudinallywithin the crown of either cap, D, D.

The crowns of the caps D, D, should be of sufficient thickness to admitof the formation therein of transverse ways or openings suitable to thereception of the pins E, E, which construction insures the retention ofthe said pins in proper alignment. The said pins E,

E, are introduced to the transverse openings in the cap-crowns fromopposite directions, occupy a position parallel with the body A, and,when in place, point each toward the lother. The outward longitudinalplay of each of the pinsE, E, is limited by the shoulder 6, e, withwhich the said pins are provided. Theinward longitudinal play of each ofthe said pins E, E, is limited by the end of the spiral spring 0, O,which projects through an opening in the base of the cap-crown, andtakes into the small recess 5, with which the said pins are provided.The shoulder e, 6, also serves the desirable purpose of preventing thepins E, E, from being entirely withdrawn from the cap-crowns.

The spiral spring 0, O, is inserted in the stud B, B, the outer end ofwhich passes through a suitable opening (Fig. 4), in the cap-crown, and,coming in contact with the pin E, E, has a tendency to obviate anylongitudinal play thereof within the cap-crowns, though the said pinsmay be withdrawn or urged inward by a slight effort. The recess, b, bwith which each of the pins E, E, is provided, being located near theouter end thereof, when said pins are each urged inward till theprotruding end of each of the spiral springs O,- O, takes into saidrecess b, b, the points of the pins E, E, will nearly meet.

The caps D, D, when in place upon the respective studs, 13, B, may bepermanently retained in position by brazing.

Anysuitable material may be employed in the production of the hereindescribed breastpin.

The manner of applying my said invention maybe set forth as follows:Each of the pins E, E, having been withdrawn from the caporownssufficiently to bring the stop or shoulder thereof, in contact with theprotruding end of the spring 0, C, the material of the dress at thepoint where it is desired to wear the breast-pin, is introduced betweenthe points of the pins E, E, when, upon the pins beingcaused to movesimultaneously inward, till the protruding end of each of the spiralsprings O, 0, takes into the recess 1), b, the breast-pin is locked inposition. The pressure of the protruding end of the spring 0, 0,

against the pin E, E, may be readily overcome by the wearer inwithdrawing the pins E, E; with hollow studs 13,13, and the springs O,C, and upon said pins being thus Withdrawn, inserted within said studs,all substantially [O the breast-pin as a whole may be removed. asdescribed and for the purpose set forth.

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure JOSEPH FRIEDBERGER' 5 byLetters Patent, 1swvimesses n In a breast-pin, in combination, the pinsE,

E, the caps D, D, each provided with a suit- JAMES M. OSZYUSKY, abletransverse opening, thebody A, provided F. G. LANGDON.

